- Easter offerings
- Dues which were paid to the clergy at Easter.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Easter offerings
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Easter offerings — Easter dues or Easter offerings plural noun Customary sums of money paid to the priest by his congregation at Easter • • • Main Entry: ↑Easter … Useful english dictionary
Easter-offerings — Easter offerings, or Easter dues In English law, small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishioners at Easter as a compensation for personal tithes, or the tithe for personal labor; recoverable under 7 & 8 Wm. Ill, c. 6, before… … Black's law dictionary
Easter-offerings — Easter offerings, or Easter dues In English law, small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishioners at Easter as a compensation for personal tithes, or the tithe for personal labor; recoverable under 7 & 8 Wm. Ill, c. 6, before… … Black's law dictionary
Easter — Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[ a]sterm[ … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Easter dues — Easter Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Easter egg — Easter Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Easter dues — or Easter offerings plural noun Customary sums of money paid to the priest by his congregation at Easter • • • Main Entry: ↑Easter … Useful english dictionary
Easter-dues — Easter offerings, or Easter dues In English law, small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishioners at Easter as a compensation for personal tithes, or the tithe for personal labor; recoverable under 7 & 8 Wm. Ill, c. 6, before… … Black's law dictionary
Easter-dues — Easter offerings, or Easter dues In English law, small sums of money paid to the parochial clergy by the parishioners at Easter as a compensation for personal tithes, or the tithe for personal labor; recoverable under 7 & 8 Wm. Ill, c. 6, before… … Black's law dictionary
Easter dues — Same as Easter offerings … Ballentine's law dictionary
